Grants to Youth Organizations

Description

Criteria

Engage youth in
activities that encourage skill, knowledge, and leadership
development so that they may positively contribute to their
community, region or province;

Enhance partnerships and
collaboration; and,

Fill a gap in services.

Applicants should clearly demonstrate in their application
how their project meets the above criteria.

Applications will be assessed by an internal evaluation
committee that will also take into consideration pertinent factors
such as the number of youth served, clarity of project outcomes,
geographic coverage within the province, innovation of the proposal,
alignment with regional needs, and alignment with government’s
strategic objectives.

Grant Amounts

The GTYO program has $451,500 in available funding. Successful
GTYO applicants can receive up to $50,000 in funding for their
projects.

Eligibility

GTYO funding is not available for the following:

Projects whose sole or primary purpose is to fund travel.

As GTYO is for projects led by community-based youth or
youth-serving organizations, applications from individuals will
not
be considered.

Further, as GTYO is project-based, the following expenses are
ineligible:

Administration

Payroll expenses unrelated to the specific project

Utilities

Rent

Honoraria

Please Note

Disbursement of GTYO funds in any given year is dependent on
the number, variety and quality of applications received.

An organization that was successful in receiving funding for
a project in one year may not necessarily be successful in
receiving the same level of funding or any funding in future
years, even if the project is the same or similar.

As GTYO is an application-driven program, no decisions are
made about which organizations will receive funding or how much
funding successful applicants will receive until all
applications have been received and assessed.

Organizations that received funding in 2016-17 are not
eligible to be considered for funding in 2017-18 until final reports for
2016-17 have been submitted to the satisfaction of the
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Successful applicants will be notified via email and will be
required to sign and return a standard contract outlining
specific reporting and other requirements. All payments will be
electronic.

Unsuccessful applicants will also be notified by letter sent
to the email address provided on the application.

Applications must be submitted on or before the deadline of
July 21, 2017. Incomplete applications may be disqualified from
consideration – all sections must be completed.